Current and Upcoming Projects

I AM WILLIAM (text by Rébecca Déraspe, music by Chloé Lacasse and Benoit Landry): What if Shakespeare’s ghost writer was… his sister? Through a rollicking tale filled with humour, hiphop, startling transformations, and iambic pentameter, playwright Rébecca Déraspe asks: what happens to female genius? And how can we change its fate for the better? Montréal’s Théâtre le Clou will premiere this English-language version of its award-winning hit family musical Je suis William (which has already toured Europe) in November 2018. (2M, 1F, 1 musician)

WILDFIRE (David Paquet): Winner of the Prix BMO, the Prix Michel Tremblay, and the Prix Sony Labou Tansi, chosen by over 1300 francophone students from around the world. Six strangers seem unaware that they have something in common: they have each survived a harrowing childhood... by any means necessary. In this absurd yet relatable, fiendishly contructed, jet-black comedy – with elements of poetry, stand-up, and confessional – Claudette, Claudia, Claudine, Carol, Cam, and Caroline (in tour-de-force performances by 3-6 actors) struggle to tame the heredity that threatens to immolate them. Governor-General’s Award-winning playwright David Paquet’s Le brasier – a critical and audience sensation at the Théâtre d’Aujourd-hui – was brought back for another sold-out run the following season. Montreal’s Talisman Theatre commissioned this translation and is actively seeking producing partners. (2F, 1M)

THE DESERT (Olivier Sylvestre): Why am I still in your bed? And will I be there tomorrow? This poetic and physical solo performance speaks of addiction, and also of disorientation… the kind that comes when you’re high; when you wake in the middle of the night; when love is leaving you. BoucheWHACKED! has commissioned a translation of Le désert, which premiered to critical acclaim at Théâtre Prospero in 2018. (1M)

TALES OF THE SNOW (Philippe Soldevila): Octavio, an immigrant kid, struggles to fit in with his very homogeneous community… a goal which is not helped by the foreign and eccentric ways of his artist dad. Continuing the story of his family that began with his acclaimed Tales of the Moon,Soldevila follows his young hero Joan to Quebec in the 1960s… but now Joan is a father, and we see him from his exasperated son’s point of view. This autobiographical trilogy takes us through three generations and concludes with Tales of the Sun. This translation has been commissioned by BoucheWHACKED! Theatre. (2M, 1F)

ESPOIR/ESPWA (Djennie Laguerre, Edwige Jean-Pierre, Carline Zamar) This multi-faceted look at the lives of three Haitian-Canadian women was a hit for the Théâtre français de Toronto, and now the authors are producing it in English. (3F)

Current and Upcoming Projects

I AM WILLIAM (text by Rébecca Déraspe, music by Chloé Lacasse and Benoit Landry): What if Shakespeare’s ghost writer was… his sister? Through a rollicking tale filled with humour, hiphop, startling transformations, and iambic pentameter, playwright Rébecca Déraspe asks: what happens to female genius? And how can we change its fate for the better? Montréal’s Théâtre le Clou will premiere this English-language version of its award-winning hit family musical Je suis William (which has already toured Europe) in November 2018. (2M, 1F, 1 musician)

WILDFIRE (David Paquet): Winner of the Prix BMO, the Prix Michel Tremblay, and the Prix Sony Labou Tansi, chosen by over 1300 francophone students from around the world. Six strangers seem unaware that they have something in common: they have each survived a harrowing childhood... by any means necessary. In this absurd yet relatable, fiendishly contructed, jet-black comedy – with elements of poetry, stand-up, and confessional – Claudette, Claudia, Claudine, Carol, Cam, and Caroline (in tour-de-force performances by 3-6 actors) struggle to tame the heredity that threatens to immolate them. Governor-General’s Award-winning playwright David Paquet’s Le brasier – a critical and audience sensation at the Théâtre d’Aujourd-hui – was brought back for another sold-out run the following season. Montreal’s Talisman Theatre commissioned this translation and is actively seeking producing partners. (2F, 1M)

THE DESERT (Olivier Sylvestre): Why am I still in your bed? And will I be there tomorrow? This poetic and physical solo performance speaks of addiction, and also of disorientation… the kind that comes when you’re high; when you wake in the middle of the night; when love is leaving you. BoucheWHACKED! has commissioned a translation of Le désert, which premiered to critical acclaim at Théâtre Prospero in 2018. (1M)

TALES OF THE SNOW (Philippe Soldevila): Octavio, an immigrant kid, struggles to fit in with his very homogeneous community… a goal which is not helped by the foreign and eccentric ways of his artist dad. Continuing the story of his family that began with his acclaimed Tales of the Moon,Soldevila follows his young hero Joan to Quebec in the 1960s… but now Joan is a father, and we see him from his exasperated son’s point of view. This autobiographical trilogy takes us through three generations and concludes with Tales of the Sun. This translation has been commissioned by BoucheWHACKED! Theatre. (2M, 1F)

ESPOIR/ESPWA (Djennie Laguerre, Edwige Jean-Pierre, Carline Zamar) This multi-faceted look at the lives of three Haitian-Canadian women was a hit for the Théâtre français de Toronto, and now the authors are producing it in English. (3F)